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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 33 through 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dred Scott v. Sandford was a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent brought into the United States and held as slaves (or their descendants, whether or not they were slaves) could never be what?
(a) Slave owners.
(b) Republicans.
(c) Christians.
(d) U.S. citizens.

2. In 1969, Al Sharpton was appointed by whom as youth director of Operation Breadbasket, a group that focused on the promotion of new and better jobs for African-Americans?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Jesse Jackson.

3. What is defined as the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.?
(a) Racism.
(b) Culture.
(c) Ancient history.
(d) Society.

4. When was David Mamet born?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1952.

5. In Chapter 9: Chicago, Mamet writes that the culture of society could be summed up in one phrase, "That's how we do things in Chicago," the sub-text of which was what?
(a) You are doing things wrong.
(b) Not to question established conventions.
(c) Ignorance is bliss.
(d) We are better than you.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Sarah Palin become mayor of Wasilla, Alaska?

2. What refers to a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice?

3. What was the name of David Mamet's father?

4. Who does Mamet equate liberals with who were expelled from England because their "good acts" were seen as contrived and nauseated everyone?

5. What is defined as an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes?

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